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York, NY, US

Clifton Springs, New York, United States

Rochester, New York, United States

Teach Operations & Supply Chain Management

Rochester, New York, United States

• Optics research, development and manufacturing facility. Employing 27 employee-owners. Annual revenue 5.0 MM (cost center).
• Oversaw development and implementation of Lean/Six Sigma and ISO quality systems, leading to gains in productivity and efficient space utilization across multiple facilities.
• Successfully wrote grant proposals and worked with state funding authorities for implementation of ISO quality system, minimizing company out-of-pocket costs.
• Managed day-to-day operations of Purchasing, Maintenance, Precision Machining and E-Forming teams, including hiring, accountability, work assignments and requisitions.
• Utilized proper resource allocation and proactive project management to reduce and streamline development process for parquet tooling (the largest ever built at that time), reducing development time by 50%.

• High end furniture manufacturer. Employing over 800 in a 750,000 sq.ft facility with annual sales of $110.0 MM
• Reduced cycle time in veneer area by 86% through a one week kaizen event (led by me).
• Reduced cycle time of main assembly area by 25% and labor costs by 14% through the implementation of straight line assembly cells.
• Implemented (with a team) a color coded control system which allowed management to easily see order status.
• Reduced past due orders by 75% in first two months by implementing a priority processing system.

• Electronic shielding material (high tech) manufacturer. Employing 80 people on three continents with annual sales of $15-20 MM.
• Turned business around from losing 1.8% (EBITDA/Revenue) to earning 7.6% in 2 years.
• Successfully completed the establishment of a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) in China called Schlegel Far East and presided as its Chairman.
• Oversaw all operations of three facilities located in Rochester, NY, Gistel, Belgium and Dong Guan, China.
• Mentored and developed a high performance management team from a handful of totally inexperienced low level managers and floor personnel.

• Door sealing and hardware manufacturer. Employing 250 people with annual sales of $110 MM.
• Initiated and directed Schlegel’s journey into Lean manufacturing.
• Oversaw all Engineering, Purchasing, Maintenance, Quality and Manufacturing at Schlegel’s two manufacturing facilities in the US.
• Improved manufacturing efficiencies of primary production line by 23% over a two year period.
• Led project team which took $1.0MM of annualized cost out of process in a four week kaizen blitz.

• Low carbon steel tubing manufacturer with bending and fabricating capabilities. Employing 130 people with annual sales of $30.0 MM.
• Handled a critical quality issue with Markin’s largest customer and maintained the business.
• Reorganized the production backlog to better utilize the existing equipment (increased plant capacity by 7%).
• Turned around the profitability performance of Markin’s Buffalo NY manufacturing facility.
• Reduced scrap rate by 20% through the use of lean six sigma tools and implementation of new equipment
• Oversaw day-to-day operations, engineering, maintenance and quality of Markin’s two facilities.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Industrial Engineering